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Provincial sources:

- http://www.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/

- Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6280 – Summary of field Work and Other Activities (.pdf)

Oil & Gas News – Ontario

Date yy-mm-dd	Posted By	Article Link	Comment
2014-06-04	Manitoulin Expositor	Ontario Votes 2014
2014-03-27	OpenParliament.ca	Kellie Leitch on Offshore Health and Safety Act	Kellie Leitch
2013-02-13	FreeThePressCanada	Special Report: Fracking Nuclear Waste, Say What? #cdnpoli #onpoli	Amy  MacPherson - AO Info: OPG Deep Geological Repository
2013-01-15	Manitoulin Expositor	Stewardship Council pleased with response to fracking survey	Michael Erskine
2013-12-06	Ernst v. EnCana	Chiefs of Ontario say no to fracking anywhere in the province	Tom Sasvari w/Michael Erskine
2013-12-04	Manitoulin Expositor	Letter: Fracking potential on Manitoulin is a cause for concern	Linda Chandler, open letter to Jim Bradley
2013-11-27	Manitoulin Expositor	Ontario Geological Survey raises spectre of fracking on Manitoulin Island	Michael Erskine - Emma Lui, Council of Cdns
2013-11-09	Seaway News	Anti-fracking demonstration shuts down Seaway Bridge temporarily	Adam Brazeau
2013-11-02	Thespec.com	Interactive:  Hamilton’s buried pipelines	Matthew Van Dongen
2013-10-29	Cambridge Times	Safety upgrades in second phase of Line 9 should apply to phase one too: GRCA	Ray Martin
2013-10-28	CBC News	Fracking debate lights up in Sudbury
2013-10-26	Council of Canadians	Petition:  Ontarians – Say “no” to the frack pipe! (Enbridge & Union gas proposal)	- Protesting new and expanded natural gas infrastructure in the greater Toronto area. - Objecting to the conversion of TransCanada’s natural gas pipeline to oil (Energy East project) - makes ON reliant on US natural gas
2013-10-23	Manitoulin Expositor	Fracking an inappropriate activity on Manitoulin Island	[Communities are starting to worry after the SWN episode in New Brunswick – see Oct-2013 news]
2013-10-19	Chatham Daily News	Anti-fracking demo hits Union Gas	Trevor Terfloth
2013-10-19	CTV News	Anti-fracking rallies seeking peaceful resolution
2013-10-18	Saultstar.com	Aboriginal affairs minister stresses 'solid working relationships' as Ontario communities rally in solidarity with New Brunswick anti-fracking protesters	Michael Purvis
2013-10-18	Toronto Star	McKay calls for calm after violent anti-fracking protest spreads across the country	Solidarity with Rexton, New Brunswick
2013-09-21	New York Times	Silencing Scientists	Verlyn Klinkenborg
2013-09-10	Toronto Atmospheric Fund	Does Toronto really need a pipeline?	Julia Langer - $623 million gas pipeline in the greater Toronto Area (GTA)
2013-07-23	Rabble.ca / Council of Cdns	Activist Alert:  Juicy anti-fracking evidence available	Andrea Harden - Ontario Energy Board (OEB) + Union Gas, Enbridge, TransCanada - 3 anti-fracking reports
2013-06-24	Ottawa Citizen	TransCanada plans pipeline through Ottawa	Vito Pilieci The project is intended to help reduce Eastern Canada’s dependence on imported oil, while offering Alberta oil companies better access to shipping ports where crude can be loaded onto oil tankers and sent overseas.
2013-05-30	CBC News	Province looking for shale gas underneath Russell, ON	East of Ottawa
2013-04-11	Ottawa Citizen	Environment Canada asks industry to come clean on hydraulic fracking	Mike de Souza
2013-03-27	St Catharines Standard	Ontario needs more gas options: Enbridge prez	Jeff Bolichowski
2013-01-30	Toronto Star	Ontario will review fracking rules	John Spears
2012-12-31	Post City	Fracked gas coming to a T.O. neighbourhood near you	John Sewell
2012-12-04	Morning Post Exchange	Timing is right for a fracking ban to protect Ontario from NAFTA lawsuits, says Council of Canadians	Ontario promoting shale gas development
2012-11-20	CBC News Toronto	Ontario not ready to allow fracking	The Canadian Press Cos are buying up land in southwestern Ontario, especially the Kettle Point area on Lake Huron, that could be used for fracking.
2012-11-13	Rabble	Council of Canadians calls for ban on fracking in Ontario	Brent Patterson (blog)
2012-11-08	Council of Canadians	Council of Canadians calls on Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidates to ban fracking	Media Release
2012-11-07	Rabble.ca	Ontario government quietly drills shale gas formations in the province	Emma Lui
2012-11-01	Comment	Government of Ontario releases comprehensive report on aggregate, mineral and fuel resources meant to attract investment	.pdf
2012-10-24	Toronto Star	Fracking rules need review, environment group urges	John Spears EcoJustice
2012-10-22	Toronto Star	Thousands of dead birds wash ashore at Wasaga Beach	[2014 speculation linking this to oil & gas exploration]
2012-05-10	York Region	What killed hundreds of Lake Simcoe fish?	Cook’s Bay
2012-05-10	CBC News	Dead fish washing up on Lake Simcoe’s shores
2012-01-19	Simcoe.com	MNR mum on Barrie fish virus	[2014 speculation linking this to oil & gas exploration]
2012	Government of Ontario	Ontario Geological Survey 2012 - Summary of Field Work and Other Activities 2012
2011-11-18	Council of Canadians	Update: Company buys 23,000 acres of land in Ontario for fracking operations	Brent Patterson (blog) Lambton & Kent Counties, Collingwood
2010-03-20	Toronto Star	Alberta firm eyes Ontario’s untapped shale gas	Tyler Hamilton
		Fracking in Canada	Leah Karpus Overview
2008-07-07	Comment	Lake Simcoe Carp Die-off (similar to what occurred in Lake Scugog and the Kawartha lakes in summer 2007)

More Information:

Link to AWARE-Ontario Oil & Gas News

Link to Straits of Mackinac

Link to Toronto Star’s Pipeline coverage

Link to www.facebook.com/    search for group “Stop Fracking Ontario”

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